Month: October 2012

Happy Samhain, here’s a track for the beginning of the Dark Half of the year: Giant (Stan Rogers Cover) I’ve never seen a stone circle, but it’s one of the things I hope to do next summer. I dream of singing this song at some circle, perhaps Callanish, or wherever else seems right. Seems only … Continue reading Giant (Stan Rogers Cover)

Freedom is a really dangerous concept. All true sources of power are. That’s why it’s so important to know where your own idea of freedom lies, and realize what pursuing it really means. For me, this is an ongoing conversation. The answers are different every day, because the choices change. Asking the question keeps me … Continue reading Freedom Is Only The Beginning

Originally posted on Stone of Destiny: As we get increasingly closer to election day and conversations become more political, I hear more of my friends and acquaintances trying to opt out of these discussions. “My vote doesn’t count,” they will say. “There’s not really a difference between the candidates.” “I’m not political.” It does —… Continue reading

We’re all chasing it–the perfect expression of our passion. In art it might be the perfect sentence that expresses that thought completely, the perfect piece of sculpture, the tune that recreates the moment when the song was born. These things can’t be created on command, but the fertile ground on which they grow can be … Continue reading That Perfect Crystalline Moment

What is your dream? What would you do if suddenly, it was placed in your hands? I really want to know, because that’s what just happened to me. I really want you to think about these questions, because I’ve done so so often in the past, and perhaps the simple act of doing that opens … Continue reading The Best Problem To Have

It isn’t fall without a harvest of some kind. This year I am blessed. Tomatoes and peppers in the back yard, my busking, which is a harvest of all those years of practice and skill building that I didn’t realize I was doing. My favorite harvest of all is the crush, though. It is something … Continue reading Harvest

Last week, a performer in his introduction made the following observation. Very loosely quoted: A good listener makes space for the one listened to. And some people take shameless advantage of that. His words caught my ear. They were so perfectly true, you could tell by the audience reaction that he’d hit on something in … Continue reading The Quality of Attention